Sudden cardiac arrest can happen anywhere, at anytime, to anyone. And it's almost always fatal.
That's why Allina Hospitals & Clinics launched Heart Safe Communities, an effort to prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest by placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) wherever people live, work and play. The program helps communities and organizations...
educate citizens about sudden cardiac arrest and improving heart health
raise money to place AEDs in the hands of emergency medical service, fire and police personnel, and to make AEDs available in businesses, schools and other public gathering places
train people how to use AEDs to save lives
Surviving sudden cardiac arrest: Wendell's story "If I'd passed out in the store parking lot, I'd probably be dead now. Instead, I made it inside, store workers called 911, the manager knew CPR, the police had an AED, the ambulance came right away, and the hospital was just amazing." - Wendell Mogren
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